Obesity is only cherished in very poor countries, usually implying
someone is rich... This has been so as early as the Egyptian pharaos.
There are more obese people in America for the same reason that are
very few of them in Ethyopia. :-)

Only if you believe that McDonalds should be sued for fattening
innocent people...
You buy into the hype ignoring that good nutrition before making
people fatter make them taller, particularly during the earlier years.
My point is that at 6'5" I don't consider myself much taller than the
average of the people I have contact with, yet I sit very
uncomfortably in an Explorer, with the knees pointing up even at the
front seats. I can kiss goddbye to the back seat of most mid-size
cars.
Only very fat people would have problems width-wise in most cars.
Someone who's 30% over weight is hardly wider than someone fit.

Neo.... you MISSED the point of the article ... COMPLETELY!!! So,
here it is again for your approval:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/14/health/main577938.shtml
(PS: I retired from line haul trucking. I KNOW what obese people
look like and how they get that way!! As for the 30% over-weights
and width .... your claim is rediculous. LOL)

No YOU missed the point. You claim a full size adult is obese. "A "FULL sized"
adult .... means .... an increasingly OBESE adult." Can we assume by this remark
that a full size adult dog is obese? How about a full size adult fly? Your
precious article said "about 1 in every 50 adults." The fact is the article
never even mentioned the words full and size or adult in the same sentence. Nor
did it even mention the term "full size". That is something you surmised and
inserted into the meaning of the article.

Full size means fully grown period. There is nothing in the article that says or
implies or uses the expression "full size adult". Nor does it even come close to
making the expression too mean a full size adult is obese. The "researched fact"
only says more Americans are obese, and that there is an increase in morbidly
obese, although the word "morbidly" is not used in the article, that is what
"Extreme obesity" implies.

Interesting how you decide to twist. Your implied meaning is growing. So a full
grown little person is not full size by his peers? A young adult is at the full
growth stage? A teenager fits into the young adult stage, so does that make a
teenager a full size adult?

No it's not. I used the term "full size" you gave the "meaning" out of context
of what I was saying.

You only looked at the headline and blame me for missing the point?
Since when 2% of a population over 50% over weight indicates that the
whole population is over weight? Only 20% is not fit and that's
enough for you to say that the whole America is over weight? You're
probably one of those who think that the government should something
about it...

that's
You're reading into the article something that isn't implied. The
article deals with the increasing rate and degree of obese Americans.
Obese people are a portion of the population and their description is
outlined in the article. With this increasing obesity come
complaints of cars not having enough room ... which was the point of
offering the article. Instead of larger cars and more/bigger
SUVs.... how about going on a diet? That will resonate in the ears
of those the matter touches most closely.

I brought fat stature to the table as an explanation for interior
room shortage. I can do that without your approval, ya know. This
FAT discussion really bothers you. I'm not going to inquire why this
topic bothers you.

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